Ekuru Aukot Profile: Education, Politics and Net Worth

Dr. Ekuru Aukot Profile: Education Background, Early life, Politics and Net Worth

DATE OF BIRTH	1972
GENDER	Male
OCCUPATION	Constitutional Expert

EKURU AUKOT

Early life of Dr. Ekuru Aukot

Dr. Ekuru Aukot comes from a polygamous pastoralist Turkana community of 27 children. He was quoted by media mentioning the struggles he endured as a nomad.

He went to six different primary schools before joining University of Nairobi to pursue Law and later furthering his studies at the University of Warwick.

Ekuru’s Career

Ekuru is the Chief Technical Advisor & Senior Constitutional Advisor, Liberian Constitution Review Committee. He studied for PhD and LLM in International Refugee Law, & Law in Development at University of Warwick, UK.

Dr. Ekuru Aukot speaking during a past engagement. PHOTO/People Daily

He has consulted for two US corporations, Universal Strategy Group Inc., & Development Alternatives Inc., as Senior Advisor on Policy & Planning, Ministry of Defense, Republic of South Sudan.

He is an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya, and the Founder of Ekuru Aukot Law Consulting.

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Ekuru has taught Constitutional & Administrative Law at the School of Law, University of Warwick (UK), and at Kenya School of Law, and has been a Visiting Law Lecturer on the Law of Refugees & IDPs at School & Faculty of Law.

He has also taught at University of Nairobi and at the East African School on Refugees & Humanitarian Affairs, and at Refugee Law Project, Makerere University, Uganda.

Ekuru has expertise in constitutional law, policy, human rights, governance and forced migration.

Political career
Dr. Ekuru was a third-tier candidate in the 2017 Kenyan general election.

He Sponsored a Bill to amend the Kenya Constitution popularly known as Punguza Mzigo Bill through a popular initiative, managed to garner 1.2 million signatures and approved By IEBC to proceed to county assemblies for debate.

The high court in Kenya, allowed the Punguza Mzigo Bill sponsored by Thirdway alliance to proceed in the 47 County Assemblies for debate.

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During the 2022 general elections the Thirdway Party leader was turned away for failing to provide copies of identities of his supporters and failing to meet the minimum number of signatures from his supporters which is required for every presidential candidate.

In March 2024, Ekuru Aukot announced that he was launching a new legal challenge against the plan to send Kenyan police forces to Haiti, ravaged by gangs.